The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-02-26
MONTANA NEWS.

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firms in Glendive engaged in the whole
and retail liquor business, have failed.
A prominent wool grower Of the Judit
basin named J. D. Waite lost 200 hea
of sheep in blizzard one night las
week.
L, F. Field, of Billings, has purchase,
$4,000 worth of machinery with which t
manufacture building stone from tn
quarry at that place.
A man named johnson, freighter, wa
brought into Fort Shaw Saturday badl,
frozen. It was thought both his leg
will have to be amputatcd.
Geo. johnson (colored), in quarrel a
Butte with John Canty, drew razor and
slashed his opponent across the abdo
men, inf1icting serious, though not dan
gerous, wound.
An attempt was made to burn the old
court house building at Helena last Sat
urday, but the flames were discovered in
time to be extingulshed before much
damage was done.
If George w. Gray, formerly of Yer
sailles, Kentucky, will address P. 0. Box
Q. Virginia City, Montana, he will get in
formation to his profit. Territorial
papers please copy.
The works at the Alice mine, one of the
heaviest bullion producers in the Terrific
ry, was shut down last Saturday because
the salt supply gave out, owing to the
railroad blockade.
Benjamin Horn, a Butte miner, for
flashing a gun with murderous intent on
fellow workman, was arrested and re-
quired to furnish bonds in the sum of
$4,000 to keep the peace.
Will Bacon in the employ Of the N. P.
was killed at Forsyth Thursday
night. While making coupling his foot
caught in a ''frog" and the cars run over
him. He lived an hour after the accident.
1t is said that about ten thousand sheep
in Meagher and Fergus counties have
to the cold, and dispatch of
he 18th inst stated that cattle on the
Smith river range were dying at the rate
If three per cent. per week.
Edward Sweeney, night wetchman of
he St. Lawrence mine at Butte, in going
o his home from the mine Sunday morn
ng, was fred at three times by an unseen
'arty, one shot taking effect in his arm
nd passed into his breast. His wound
J not considered dangerous.
Governor Leslie has extended the re-
rieve Of Harding, convicted of the muir
er of the Glendale stage driver last
oring, to March 26th., to give his attor-
eys an opportunity to apply to the
,preme court of the United States for
writ of habeas corpus and certiorari.
A fire at Miles City Wednesday even
g destroyed about $4,000 worth Of
roperty, which was covered by insur
ice in the sum Of about $500. The
'e started in dwelling next to the cor
,r of Seventh and Main streets and in
/ hour had reduced half the block to
hes.
The dozen or more Crow Indians lately
rested and taken to Miles City on the
arge Of murder and grand larceny, were
raigned last Saturday. They waived
and were bound over and
ton deferred on their cases until the
xt sitting of the United States Court,
iieh meets in April.
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Lewiston Argus: Last week Sheriff ;,
ok went to Cottonwood and arrested
ed Mossberg on warrant from Justice
'phen, at Ubet. to which place he was
;en for examination, on the charge Of
'e. On the preliminary examination
was held in $4,000 bonds to appear at =
April term of the district court to
ait the action Of the grand jury. He :,
nished bonds. =
New North West: The thermometer -
barometer have been playing at see :
at great rate the past week. DR.. "
MILAN, on Saturday morning last,
iced properly exposed thermometer .
2So in % minutes succeeding Z :
ock, having started at-5o. This "
under the genial breath of chinook. -
lday evening, when the blizzard came :
n the east, it fell degree every two =
lutes for nearly half an hour. -
hos. Moran, an employe of the North ;,
Pacific, met with frightful accident 4
r the Mullen tunnel Wednesday morn :,
He was walking through narrow :,
when he was met by the express !,
n. He stepped to one side of the cut :,
dmit of the passage of the train but it A
too narrow and the steps of the first n
knocked him down. He went under :;
wheels and both legs were completely -,
n,afafod from, which he shortly died II